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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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